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Looker Studio
Overview
What Looker Studio is
Looker Studio is Google's free reporting and data-visualization platform, renamed from Google Data Studio in 2022. It connects to data sources such as Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, Search Console, Google Sheets, BigQuery, and many third-party connectors, then lets you build interactive dashboards with charts, tables, scorecards, and filters that update automatically as the underlying data changes.
How it works
You add one or more data sources, then drag fields onto a canvas to create visualizations. Calculated fields, date ranges, and filter controls let viewers explore the data themselves. Reports live in the browser and can be shared by link or embedded, much like a Google Doc, so stakeholders always see current numbers instead of a static monthly export.
How we use it for reporting
We build Looker Studio dashboards so clients can see performance across SEO, local SEO, PPC and Google Ads, social media, content, and email marketing in one place. Blending GA4 with Search Console and ad data turns scattered metrics into a clear story about leads and revenue, which beats logging into six tools to piece a report together.
Where we use it
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FAQ
Looker Studio — common questions
Is Looker Studio the same as Google Data Studio?
Yes. Looker Studio is simply the current name for Google Data Studio, rebranded in 2022. The free product and its reports are unchanged; only the name is different. Looker (without 'Studio') is a separate, paid enterprise BI platform.
Is Looker Studio free?
The standard Looker Studio product is free. Google also offers Looker Studio Pro, a paid tier with team management, expanded support, and enterprise features, but most marketing dashboards can be built on the free version.
What data can Looker Studio connect to?
It connects to Google products like GA4, Google Ads, Search Console, Sheets, and BigQuery, plus hundreds of partner connectors for platforms such as Facebook Ads, and to databases via SQL. This lets you combine multiple sources in one report.
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